Darwin Bombing

Do you know that today is the 70th Anniversary of  Japan's Bombing of Darwin.

I don't know too much about it as we werent' taught about  it in school but I have been watching Sunrise and various other sources to find out more.I think I will even get a book on the subject just to be more informed of our history.

243 people were killed and a further 300 -400 were injured.

188 Japanese aircraft attacked Darwin.  Actually they were on their  way to bomb Timor and Java but change tatics  to bomb Australia to damage our morale.

We lost
20 planes
8 ships
The Japenese lost 10 planes.
Our Government has  kept this quiet from the rest of Australia to avoid panic,

Here are  couple of photos of  Darwin showing the destruction that was caused.

Why am I blogging about this as it really is a different post to what I usually do --but I just wanted to pay my respect for the soilders and civilian's who died on this day in 1942.
                                                                           

Soccer Boots

Kev  has  joined our local soccer club  ( how exciting )  and  signed the LM up to start playing this year....The games start around mid April  - I think.
I better check that out.

I know the LM will be really shy at first but I also  know he will love it .

Anyway we had to get him some soccer boots. And as I cant go shopping at the moment ( I am hanging out to go to the shops )

So.................

Kev took him  yesterday  to get them (this is the first time I haven't been with him while he gets shoes etc.. so it was a bit sad and weird  for me...yeah I know I am pathetic..but getting back to the shoes ).

The  big reveal -The LM brought them down to show me and OMG they are the cutest things ( if soccer boots can be called cute )-and so small...
I didn't think they would fit him and that Kev had got the wrong size.

So he has to try them on again.....

Now have you ever seen such cute boots before...ha ha

Sores and bandages he is such a typical  little boy ....

Yes I am wonderful...

Since I was taking photos LM wanted to take a picture of Kevs legs..

Now these are what I call sexy ha ha ha

 Sorry Kev they are beautiful  feet and cute wirery legs...

So all up Kev did a wonderful job and I am happy.

Maybe I dont have to do everything and I can let others do it for me......

NOT A CHANCE ha ha

love

Out of the mouths of babes...

The LM has such an imagination it is wonderful.

He came into my room and said "Dee you know why you have a big fat tummy? "No why LM (now I said more under my breath but I am allowed to swear as I am in pain ha ha )
He replied "Because I used to live in your tummy and I wriggled around in there and strecthed  it "

I didn't have the heart to tell him I was his Auntie so I just gave him a big kiss and told him I loved him..
                           
                                                                         love
                                                             

My favorite photo

Hi

This is a really quick post today.

I was going through some photos today trying to sort them out.When I came across this
picture of the LM.....

I had forgotten how much I love this photo.

The LM was such an ugly baby-yes I know that's a terrible thing to say but its true.

He started to look good around 7 months old.

But to me he is beautiful all the time

This was was taken Dec 2011.He is soooooo cute now...

love..

                                                                      

YEAH !!!!!

YEAH!!  I DID IT......

For days I have been making myself sick thinking  about today.
I haven't been sleeping  (although that could be the painkillers) I can't think of anything else (no blog posts)
Kev and mum keep telling me not to think about it but that only makes you think more and in my case stress more.

So what you ask has been making me feel this way ?

The answer is -I had a doctors appointment at the hospital -- no that isn't it there is more.So in order to do that I had to leave the house.There I said it,

So what is the big deal?
 Big deal is I haven't left the house since just before I went to hospital and also I needed to walk down the 3 front steps and the biggest worry was I had to then get into our car.

When I came home from hospital before we had to borrow Kev's parents car as ours is very low.I didn't want to bother them so I said we would just use our car.

And guess what.......

I did it.....

Yes -I just kept saying to myself just do it don't think about it. The stairs weren't as bad as I thought (going  up them though was a different story) and with Kev's help I managed to get into the car.I must have looked a sight though ha ha

When we got to the hospital I got out OK.. and said to Kev that I would start walking (ha if you can call it that with my stick ) and he was to park the car,He did that and he caught up with me way before I got to the doctors room-Just call me snail.

And what happened with doctor? he was stunned to say the least and very happy at my progress.So happy he has changed my dressings,Now I was on a dressing which for a 10x10cm piece cost $10 so now it is a 10x10cm which costs $32 a piece,Same type of product but this has silver in it and he said the results will be dramatic.Now do the maths I need 8 sheets per dressing 3 times a week -yep expensive hey.

My  new best  friends...Lets hope they work as well as everyone says....

So yeah I think I am going to heal up and start being healthy .But then again that is just another thing for me to stress about ha ha

                                                                    

Lattice slice

Well we have been cooking again

.While mum was down we were discussing different  recipes and I mentioned a cheesecake-lattice biscuit  slice that I used to make..Mum hadn't heard of it before so I decided to make it for her.

This is a heaps old recipe but truly great.And the best thing is it doesn't take long to do.From start to finish
less than 30 Min's....

So here it is

                                                   Cheesecake and lattice biscuits.

You will need

2 packets of lattice biscuits
2 packets of Philadelphia cream cheese.
1 sachet of gelatine
vanilla essence
lemon juice-fresh or bottled
sugar

Now I don't have measurements for the above because it is all done by taste.

Put the cream cheese in  mixer bowl and mix till all smooth
Add vanilla essence-just a little and lemon juice-just a little
Add sugar-I start with about half a cup-you can add more if you think you need it.

Mix all of the above
Now keep tasting this mixture till it is how you like it.
Either added vanilla essence  for a sweet cheesecake or lemon juice for a tangier taste.

Mix geletine as per directions.I only put half of this into cheesecake mix and disregard the rest.
Add  geletine mixture to cheese and mix in.

Put lattice biscuits shiny side up into a tin ( I had to cut some in half to fit the tin )
Pour in cheesecake mixture and spread over biscuits.
Put lattice biscuits on top same as the bottom layer

Put in fridge till set.

I find this mixture makes 12 pieces.

Enjoy....

The LM and me ..He was suppose to be helping but kept eating the biscuits...ha ha

Yes he loves it.....

love

Just the LM

Just some pictures of the LM...

Helping Da clean the cars...

Peek a boo

my cubby house.

The two of us...

LM  and Da

I bought two of these.One for LM for next year and the other for Tyler who just started school.

Tyler on first day of kindergarten.

love

Patty cakes

I promised  the LM  that we could make some patty cakes today but I started to get sick so my wonderful Kev said he would do it with him...

Watch out Master chef....

All good cooks clean up afterwards.

The finished cupcakes.

 LM made 15 cupcakes.

         And he ate 13 of these .Lucky they were only baby ones -and this was over 3 days.

Too cute for words......

love

Swearing

Yes I know -I have been known to drop the occasional swear word .Ha Ha (maybe more than once )

I know it doesn't sound right to use those words but sometimes I just cant help it......

But now things have changed .Mum gave me a magazine and in it I found the following  tidbit of information...

Apparently researchers at Keele University in the UK found that-

 OCCASIONAL SWEARING CAN HELP REDUCE PHYSICAL PAIN.....(I knew it )

The study found that swearing helped relive pain by activating the brain's natural pain -relief chemicals.

So  even though I have read this and find it hard to believe I promise (mum are you reading this )

that I will try hard not to swear.he he he

love

Chicken volies

I know I have said it before but Kevin is a great cook.I guess I sound like a broken record.

Before I got sick I wouldn't let Kev cook....... Oh no that was my job as well as the washing, cleaning and if he ever touched the ironing -well bring on World War 3.

But things change and he has took over all of these chores.I am gradually starting to do some things but poor Kev just does it without whinging.(well not when  around me ha ha )

God I love him.

Well last night Kev  made chicken volovants, My mum makes them and she told us the recipe ...
They are so yum.We usually eat the medium size case and the LM eats 3 or 4 of the little ones.Plus the added bonus apart from them tasting good is that they are so easy to make.

Don.t they just look yum.

All you need is

Volovant cases

Cooked chicken cut up into pieces.

A packet of cheese sauce-Mum prefers McCormick's brand.

Cheese

Some chives.

Chopped mushrooms

Make up cheese sauce and then add the other ingredient's .

Put into cases,

Add grated cheese to top.Salt and pepper then place in oven till cooked.

Then be prepared for a really yum  meal.

And Kevin did all that and they were delicious.Thanks Kev

love

                                                      

Around our house

Well nothing exciting is happening here at the moment -just the normal things like washing cleaning ironing so I thought I would show a few pictures of what ever took our fancy...nothing flash .

This is the LM's best friend at the moment.

He begged me to take her photo ...

Then he went and got some more toys and he took this photo...

LM took this photo of my wonderful husband.

     Shame about the Bulldog shirt though ha ha ...

I told you he loves this "ambulance" he is always doing little  tricks on it to show me....

My new best friend

.I don't know if I really like it at the moment as it is harder to

use but it isn't as bulky as the other one.Kev said just use both till I decide.

I had to show this.I got it for Christmas from my wonderful Kevin.I have been looking around for one of these for ages but they were blue and I can't stand the colour blue.So when I saw this one in Freedom furniture I knew I just had to have it -I just didn't count on getting 2 of them.

I also got one from Kerry for Christmas exactly the same.How lucky can you be.Anyway Kerry graciously took hers back and has bought me something else.

PS don't you love the photos of my Kev.The baby is my newphew Tyler who is now 5yrs old.Oh how time flys by when your eyes are closed for a minute.Ha Ha

Hey just a  funny thing LM said last night.

We were talking about a game that Kerry had on her phone and I was asking if I could get it for the computer so LM could play it there.Well the LM pipes up and said "Yeah you can do it just get Kerry's Sim card and put it in the computer and download it"

WHAT!!!!!!

Where does a 4 yr get this sort of knowledge?I don't even know if what he said is correct but I thought it was clever.ha ha

love

                                                                        

Yum...

On Sunday Alan & Lisa came over for a couple of hours -it was so good to see them .

Anyway the old Dee was back and I wanted to make sometime to snack on that I hadn't made before plus I wanted to be a show off ha ha

So while I was in hospital I saw this recipe in one of the magazine's Mum brought me in -I cant remember which one though.

So I made it -and I changed it a little bit  and it turned out perfect.........(as if it wouldn't )

The best thing is you can make this in less than 30mins and most of the ingredients are usually in the fridge & cupboard.

So here goes..............

Make sure oven is hot.

Take a sheet of puff pastry and score around the edge a border 2cms away from edge.Don't cut through pastry.This is the hardest part of the recipe.

Cook 6 mins or until golden.

Push down middle of pastry to make flat.
The scored piece will now make it look like a framed piece of pastry.

Cook asparagus till boiling then cook 2 mins .Then put in ice water.Drain and arrange on pastry,
Now put cherry tomatoes on.(you could also use mushrooms ,salami or whatever takes your fancy- yum)
Cut Brie cheese into slices and arrange  on top...

Make egg mixture -
2 teaspoons pure cream
1 egg
Dijon mustard 1 teaspoon
salt and pepper to taste
mix well

Now pour over pastry.Cook in over around 8 mins

We ate ours hot  but it is nice  cold as well. .

Go on try it you  will love it (I hope)

 LOVE